Historical September 1990 report or notice. Original dates, prices and contacts describe the source period; current availability has not been established.
A pet, by definition, is an animal which by invitation lives in your house or yard, depends upon you for sustenance, and is able to achieve a level of interaction which brings mutual pleasure to your household.
In my experience, the connection that can exist between people and their pets goes much deeper.
In our household, a dog named Floyd, cats Abigail and Louisa, rabbits Josephine, Hazel and Jane Marple, and Rex the iguana are permanent residents.
Our summer guests (pets on loan from preschool classrooms) are guinea pigs Muffin and Ginger, and Ginger’s new babies Tootle, Squeaks and Bonnie, hamsters Geraldine and Samantha, and three nameless chameleons.
These pets share our personal worlds, our daily routines, our household space.
We touch them, feed them, admire them, clean up after them, and show them off.
We learn to care, and to value life in a form different from our own.
Originally published in The Times of Skinker-DeBaliviere, September 1990.
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